And wrote my story anyway : black South African womens novels as feminism /
Part literary history, part feminist historiography, this is a critical examination of influential novels by eminent black female writers. Studying these writers key engagements with nationalism, race and gender during apartheid and the transition to democracy, Barbara Boswell traces the ways in whi...
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Johannesburg :
Wits University Press,
2020
Johannesburg, South Africa : 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- Writing as activism: a history of Black South African women's writing
- Rewriting the apartheid nation: Miriam Tlali and Lauretta Ngcobo
- Dissenting daughters: girlhood and nation in the fiction of Farida Karodia and Agnes Sam
- Interrogating "truth" in the post-apartheid nation: Zoë Wicomb and Sindiwe Magona
- Making personhood: remaking history in Yvette Christiansë and Rayda Jacobs's neo-slave narratives
- Black women writing "new" South African masculinities: Kagiso Lesego Molope and Zukiswa Wanner
- Conclusion : Towards a Black South African feminist criticism
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Writing As Activism: A History Of Black South African Women's Writing
- 2. Rewriting The Apartheid Nation: Miriam Tlali And Lauretta Ngcobo
- 3. Dissenting Daughters: Girlhood And Nation In The Fiction Of Farida Karodia And Agnes Sam
- 4. Interrogating `Truth' In The Post-Apartheid Nation: Zoe Wicomb And Sindiwe Magona
- 5. Making Personhood: Remaking History In Yvette Christianse And Rayda Jacobs's Neo-Slave Narratives
- 6. Black Women Writing `New' South African Masculinities: Kagiso Lesego Molope And Zukiswa Wanner.